Unusual airline call signs

[noperf]

Here's a toughie for most of us Yanks: What do the initials "KLM" stand for? Bonus points for correct spelling and pronunciation.

Air France?

 

[LR25]

Used to fly cargo lears using "Grasshopper"

 

[Sandhawk]

Flying checks in a Rice Rocket in the Midwest- our callsign was "Checkmate"


Fighters out of southern AZ had the callsign - "Webad"

 

[SA227driver]

My old Army reserve unit (ch-47) was the hookers. We even tried a t-shirt with a scantilly clad gal with a Chinook in the background but it got nixed.

 

[MD11Drvr]

Hey LR25 where were you based with Grasshopper? I still fly with Will M. and used to fly for Bankair 95 to 99.

I used to fly for a small 135 called Carolina Air Transport call sign CAT Bird.

 

[B727FA]

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[B727FA]

I never quite figured out why Pinnacle's was flagship... I think one of their previous owners was involved with american.

PCL is the end result of Express 1...a former RepublicExpress out of MEM...mostly on the J-32.

In 02 (when they became PCL) they used Flagship b/c "Pinnacle" was already in use.

 

[B727FA]

Hey, why did the brain trusts of REPUBLIC change Shuttle America's callsign from "SHUTTLECRAFT" (a Star Trek reference) to MERCURY?

Yeah, but for about 3 days they were "Crossroads" which had all kinds of issues at intersections.

They actually asked the pilots; one of the options was "Trinity." How appropriate considering the 'holy' teachings of BB.

 

[Rook]

PCL is the end result of Express 1...a former RepublicExpress out of MEM...mostly on the J-32.

In 02 (when they became PCL) they used Flagship b/c "Pinnacle" was already in use.

They were flagship when they were Express I. (or maybe you meant they continued to use flagship if so, my bad)

 

[doh]

No, its because when you have sex with a Virgin, you get Redwood.

I can't believe they didn't get caught with the connection between virgins and redwood when they asked for the callsign!